Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Dillon, A. (2011), Do Differences in the Scale of Irrigation Projects Generate Different Impacts on Poverty and Production?. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 62: 474–492. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2010.00276.x

Author Information

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Andrew Dillon is with the International Food Policy Research Institute, 2033 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006, USA. E-mail: a.dillon@cgiar.org for correspondence. Financial support for the 2006 data collection was provided by the Projet du Développement de la Zone Lacustre – Phase II of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Programme Mali-Nord (GTZ/KfW), the Strategies and Analysis for Growth and Access program (Cornell University and Clark Atlanta University), the Einaudi Center at Cornell University and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). These data could not have been collected without the substantial assistance of Karin Dillon, Abdourhamane Maiga, Nouhou Idrissa Maiga, Mamadou Nadio, a dedicated team of survey enumerators and the helpful cooperation of the residents of the Zone Lacustre. The author gratefully acknowledges the valuable comments and suggestions from Christopher Barrett, Kaushik Basu, Daniel Gilligan, John Hoddinott, David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang on earlier versions of this article during his dissertation as well as several anonymous reviewers. Rachel Gordon provided excellent research assistance. All errors remain the responsibility of the author.

Publication History

Issue published online: 23 MAY 2011

Article first published online: 16 NOV 2010

(Original submitted February 2010, revision received and accepted August 2010.)